Thursday, February 2, 2012

Battelle awarded $16.5M in defense contracts - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The contracts, which carry a combinec value of morethan $16 fund the following efforts at the Columbus-based researchj and development firm: • $8.76 milliom to evaluate the effectiveness of Coasgt Guard unit and installations’ response to biological and nuclear attack events. which already has been clearedfor $903,591 under the also will be looking for gaps in preparedness and developing training. • A contract valued at up to $7.72 millionb to study the destruction of chemicalp and biologicalagent payloads.
The project, the Defense Departmen said, specifically will center on examining the amountt of radioactive material released into the atmosphere durin missileintercept events. Of the total amount, $309,179 alreaduy has been obligated. Battelle, the world’sd largest nonprofit researcher, conductxs more than $4 billion annually in research and development andoverseezs 20,400 employees worldwide. The institute also managed seven national laboratories for theand .

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